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Campus Planning oversees the planning, coordination, review, design, and construction of campus projects over $185,000, with most of our projects in the $1-$100 million range including responsibilities to:

Manage the capital budget process for all major projects.

Review all major campus projects in accordance with Master and Redevelopment Plans

Manage the planning, design, and construction for General Fund Supported Borrowing (GFSB) and Program Revenue (PR) funded major building projects in partnership with the University of Wisconsin System (UWSA) and the Wisconsin Division of Facilities Development & Management (DFDM).

Manage the delivery of 100 percent gift- and grant-funded major building projects under the authority granted by WI Act 55.

Support the mission of UW-Milwaukee in the development of all major projects.

Project Name

Total Cost

Project Status

1. Lubar Entrepreneurship Center & Welcome Center

$7,768,000

Design Complete

2. Classroom Projects 15-17

$850,000

Design Development

3. Jan Serr Studio at Kenilworth Square East

$800,000

Design Development

1. Lubar Entrepreneurship Center & Welcome Center

N. Maryland Ave & E. Kenwood Blvd

This project will provide a new stand‐alone, two‐level building for the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, Welcome Center and a Grind Café.

The Lubar Entrepreneurship Center will include spaces for collaborative activities, project‐based rooms, and active learning environments. The space will be home to the Ideas Challenge Programming that supports education and entrepreneurship, curricular programs, and an ongoing relationship with business community partners, forming a growing ecosystem of entrepreneurship and innovation.

The Welcome Center will relocate visit programs and services from Vogel Hall to the new facility. It will continue to offer a variety of special tours and campus visits based at the new facility, serving prospective students.

Together the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center and Welcome Center will serve as a “front door” to campus, not only for students, but also for business and community leaders who interact with the University.

Black box theaters (also known as an experimental theater), are a recent innovation in theatre design and experiences; foregoing the elaborate design, formality and complexity of traditional theaters to create a more intimate and informal experience for both performers and the audience.

The proposed flexible performance venue, will be constructed in a shelled area of Kenilworth Square East (2185 N. Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, Wisconsin); home of the Peck School of the Arts faculty studios, class labs, and the Innova Gallery. Located just over a mile south of the UWM main (Kenwood) campus, the facility offers specific physical features (high, laterally clear ceiling space, and a floor area with few structural obstructions) necessary to accommodate this type of theatre project.